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Setting up a Trezor Model T Hardware Wallet from scratch

This is a promoted post. Read more in our Editorial Policy In the second of our series of articles on the Trezor Model T, we look at how you can set up your wallet from …

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A review of using Dublin’s newest Northside Bitcoin & Ethereum ATM

For those of you who don’t fancy a trip to Dublin’s latest Southside bitcoin atm, there has been a new kiosk placed in It-Fix on Parnell Street, beside Chapters Bookstore, which lets you purchase bitcoin …

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A review of Dublin’s latest Southside Bitcoin & Ethereum ATM

So following on from the recent annoucement of new bitcoin and ethereum ATM’s in Dublin and Cork as well as the closure of GSM Solutions which hosted the only other ATM in the city, I’ve …

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Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Risk Warning – Please Read

Last updated: 21st January 2020 While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are unregulated at present, it’s ability to be spent on goods and services like money, and be traded like a commodity makes it a curious …

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How to buy a Trezor One Bitcoin Hardware Wallet

May 2018 update- Trezor One wallets now support Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Dash, Litecoin, ZCash and also can integrate with MyEtherWallet for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic, and a new 2018 Model T version is …

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How do you mine bitcoin?

The entire bitcoin blockchain, for all the transactions it moves around, relies on bitcoin miners to keep the network humming away. Especially with the recent blocksize debate, the role of miners has come to the …

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If you'd like to hodl your crypto but still want to use it in different ways, there's an ever increasing ways to use your crypto.

Looking for a wallet that pays interest in the crypto you're depositing? Blockfi is offering at least $15 bonus in bitcoin if your first deposit is $25 or more or Celsius Mobile App gives you $20 when you deposit $200 or more. Both let your earn interest (in the crypto you deposit) for leaving it on their platform for at least a month.

If you'd like to get access to cash with your crypto without selling it, SALT Lending offer loans in most US states and a number of countries (including Northern Ireland & UK, but not Ireland). Loans are available from 3-12 months and start at $5000, with competitive interest rates and your crypto is returned to you once loans are repaid.

If you're just getting started with cryptocurrency, there are several methods to get your first couple of euro of cryptocurrency to put in your wallet.

You can register, watch some videos, do a quiz and earn Stellar Lumens (XLM), EOS or OXT or COMP (Compound) or BAND by signing up to Coinbase Earn and once you're registered get another $100 or so of other altcoins which you can exchange into bitcoin or ethereum.

Want to use your computer to mine cryptocurrency? Cudominer lets you mine a variety of cryptocurrencies and you will get a bonus 10,000 satoshis once you mine your first 5,000 satoshis worth of crypto. Note, this could potentially cause damage to your machine as we learned the hard way so do it at your own risk.

Presearch is a crypto based search engine which lets you search their own as well as all major other search engines. Earn PRE each day as you search.

Finally, if you want to try a faucet to earn small amounts of crypto which pay out when you reach a certain threshold of bitcoin, you can roll the dice and potentially get up to $100 in bitcoin once an hour by registering with Free Bitco.in and doing their roll. Once you earn 0.0003 bitcoin, this is transferred to your nominated wallet.